A Dhaka court yesterday fixed November 24 for the next hearing in the fake currency case filed against Hotel Bondhu manager Hasan Majumdar and its chef Sohel Rana as two witnesses failed to show up.

Twenty-three people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, according to a press release from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Police arrested two people from Chattogram’s Banskhali upazila on Tuesday night for gang raping a 15-year old.

Bangladeshi visitors to India would continue to get tourist visas soon, said Indian High Commission in Bangladesh.

Abdus Samad Azad, the foreign minister of Bangladesh, says today in Belgrade that Bangladesh wishes friendship with China and agreement with Pakistan.

Traffic interruption in internet usage will begin from the wee hours of tomorrow in some parts of the country and will continue for four days as cable diversion activities of the i2i is expected to start at that time.

US President Donald Trump questioned the integrity of the US election again on Tuesday, saying it would be “inappropriate” to take extra time to count the tens of millions of ballots cast by mail in his race against Democrat Joe Biden.

A case was filed yesterday in connection with the rape of a college student in Barishal’s Agailjhara upazila on October 24 while Rangpur, police arrested two persons on Tuesday in connection with the gang-rape of a ninth-grader on Sunday.

There may be far more water on the Moon than previously thought, according to two studies published Monday raising the tantalising prospect that astronauts on future space missions could find refreshment -- and maybe even fuel -- on the lunar surface.

Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee has been put on ventilator support as his condition worsened further on Monday, said doctors at a Kolkata hospital.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign is making a late push into deeper-red states in the final week before the 2020 election,

A group of leaders and activists of Islami Andolan staged demonstrations in front of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque yesterday morning, protesting recent comments made by French President Emmanuel Macron.

The Forest Department is set to soon reopen the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest and a Unesco World Heritage Site, to tourists after seven months of closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The World Health Organization chief has warned that abandoning efforts to control the coronavirus pandemic, as suggested by a top US official, was “dangerous”, urging countries not to “give up”.

Facebook has expressed its commitment to improve user safety and security and take steps to protect its users, especially women and children, from internet abuse.

A Khulna court yesterday delivered a verdict in a drug case within just three working days. A record for the country.

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman says today that he wants qualified doctors to go to rural areas so that the people living in villages receive the benefits of modern treatment.

Female passengers flying from Qatar were subjected to invasive searches after a premature baby was found abandoned in an airport bathroom, in procedures the Australian government yesterday described as “grossly disturbing” and “offensive”.

Polls closed in Egypt Sunday after the first phase of parliamentary elections in which candidates loyal to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi are expected to sweep to victory.

A Barguna court is set to deliver the verdict today on 14 juvenile accused in the much-talked-about Rifat Sharif murder case.